TWO Keighley people were given police cautions for 'multiple voting' in this year's elections, it has been revealed.

The cautions were given to a 33-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, who had registered to vote by post but also attended a polling station.

Although they had voted twice in both the local and European elections, the outcome of the polls was not said to have been affected.

Police said the cautions had been appropriate because of the nature of the offence and because neither of them had offended before.

The details came to light after a Freedom of Information request showed that more than a tenth of the country’s electoral fraud allegations this year came from the Bradford district.

In total, 15 reports were made to police about election-related crimes across the district, including postal vote fraud, assault and intimidation.

According to draft figures from the Electoral Commission, 114 allegations were reported across the UK.

In Bradford, only one allegation has resulted in charges being brought against someone in court.

And three undisclosed allegations are still under investigation.

West Yorkshire Police decided to take no further action on the remainder of the reports, citing a variety of reasons.

Chief Inspector Carl Burkey, of West Yorkshire Police, said: “West Yorkshire Police has worked closely with Bradford Council throughout the process to make sure that public confidence in the voting system is maintained, and has taken appropriate action where offences have been discovered.”

Bradford Council’s returning officer Tony Reeves said they took all allegations extremely seriously.

He said: “When you look at the number of complaints received against the number of votes cast overall, 128,787, then it is a very small number of allegations.

“I think people can have real confidence in the integrity of the electoral system and we will continue to work closely with the police and the Electoral Commission to keep improving our ability to detect and deal with malpractice.”

Before this year’s election, the Electoral Commission identified Bradford as one of 16 local authority areas where there was a “higher risk” of electoral fraud.